One reason i think everyone should take an archaeology class is to internalise with tangible examples that there is no pure, natural past utopia and that antibiotics and vaccines are what stand between us and a 50% child mortality rate and scores of women dying needlessly during pregn and birth
Catherine Frieman
Leeds is now the subject of a major inquiry into maternity. I previously reported on its decade long pursuit of 'normal birth' ideology that saw it have the lowest number of caesareans while stillbirths and baby deaths soared to the worst nationally www.thetimes.com/article/f3af...
In the period that Leeds maternity unit had the lowest number of caesareans, its rate of stillbirths and newborn deaths became the worst nationally
people literally remade Blazing Saddles as an animated children's movie in 2022. it was released into theaters. it took me until the fart scene to realize.
I hear the mom across the pool "YOU HAVE TO WATCH HIM YOU KNEW I WAS OVER THERE..."
It was weeks ago and was terrifying and I can't stop thinking about the little baby. Wild stuff.
ok I have learned that people don't think this counts as a remake. they just want to watch a movie where someone says the n-word. makes me think they missed the very not subtle 'racists are dumb motherfuckers' message of the original.
I keep starting stardew farms and then I just get lost in the mines and spend every day in the mines and I miss the whole story and it's year two and I can't even make jam. I have no idea what the story of the game is because I am just constantly in the mines. anyway follow me on twitch.
reading a book allows you to access the actual thoughts of dead authors.
but what if AI allowed you to read things which dead authors did not say?!
I was at the public pool for toddlers, it's like 2.5 ft deep. I saw this 18ish month old baby swimming and kind of floundering really red face so I walk over and stand him up and go 'you ok?' and he starts cry-screaming. The dad two steps away puts his phone in his pocket and picks the kid up. And